Communal
Communal adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.
Usage example: the swimming pool is part of the communal property of the condo complex
Single
Single adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.
Usage example: any view expressed on the newspaper's editorial pages is the single opinion of the writer of the column
Both words in one sentence
- From a single spore the Flood can rise again, and even if its Gravemind is destroyed, its communal memory remains.
Source: From a Single Cell - In the Nibelheim of Cloud's childhood there's only a single truck in the whole town and people still draw their water from a communal well.
Source: Decade Dissonance -
The exception is in Heng Sha, where most appartments are slightly smaller than the ones in Detroit, and the Alice Garden Pods, where tenants get a a single cubbyhole bed and communal washroom facilities.
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